Peristerophila claravis ( Skoracki and Glowska, 2008 )

Kaszewska, Katarzyna, Skoracki, Maciej, Kosicki, Jakub Z. & Hromada, Martin, 2020, New species and records of the quill mites of the genus Peristerophila Kethley 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves Columbiformes), Zootaxa 4878 (2), pp. 349-361 : 358-359

Peristerophila claravis ( Skoracki and Glowska, 2008)

Castosyringophilus claravis Skoracki and Glowska, 2008: 155 , figs 9–15.

Peristerophila claravis, Skoracki et al. 2020 .

Type host: Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez, 1886) ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ) from Bolivia.

Diagnosis. FEMALE, HETEROMORPHIC FORM. Total body length 730‒805. Infracapitulum punctate. Length of gnathosoma 90–100. Length ratio of apodemes I: gnathosoma 1:1. Each medial branch of peritremes with 1 chamber, each lateral branch with 4 chambers. Propodonotal shield divided into 3 narrow sclerites; bases of setae ve and si situated out of lateral sclerites. Hysteronotal shield absent. Pygidial shield apunctate. Coxal fields I‒IV sparsely punctate. Bases of setae 3a situated out of coxal fields III. Lengths of setae: ve 25‒30, si 25‒30, se 200‒ 255, c1 230‒285, c2 170‒220. Length of apodemes I 85–100. Length of legs I 65–80, legs II 45–70. Length ratios of setae: ve: si: se 1:1:7.5‒8, e2: d2 1:1–1.2.

FEMALE, HOMEOMORPHIC FORM and MALE. Unknown.

Hosts and distribution. Columbiformes (Columbidae) —Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa Ferrari-Pérez from Bolivia (Glowska & Skoracki 2008), Colombia (new locality), Paraguay (new locality), Panama (new locality) (this study), Namaqua Dove Oena capensis (Linnaeus) (new host) from Tanzania, Sudan, and Ethiopia (this study).

New material examined herein. Columbiformes (Columbidae) — 2 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.935) from Claravis pretiosa, PARAGUAY: Apa-Bergland , 1 November 1931, coll. E. Schuhmacher [host reg. no. ZSM 32.183 ] . 6 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.936) from same host species, PANAMA: Chiriqui, 1895, coll. Dalmas [host reg. no. ZSM 09.3554 ] . 3 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.937) from same host species, CO-LOMBIA: Patia valley, Mercaderes , 17 November 1965, coll. Haffer [host reg. no. ZSM 67.413 ] . 3 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.938) from Oena capensis , TANZANIA: Tanganyika, North Gaze , 7 February 1958, coll. Th. Andersen [host reg. no. ZSM 3277 ] . 2 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.939) from same host species, SUDAN: 30 January1912, coll. Hesselberger [host reg. no. ZSM 12.2261 ] . 7 females (HET), 1 tritonymph, 3 protonymphs (reg. no. AMU-SYR.939a) from same host species, ETHIOPIA: Langano , 24–27 November 1965, coll. Linsenmair [host reg. no. ZSM 66.219 ] .